The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-14
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Gold has been discovered in Michi
gan.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland,
and Col. Lamont, have gone to Hol-
land Patent, y. y.
4 fire in Richmond, Va, Saturday
night damaged J. y. Boyd d Co.'s to-
bacco house S25,0 900. Insured.
The President spent Saturday in the
yacht Of Mr.. Singerly, proprietor Of
the Philadelphia Record.
Up to the Sth there had been 7G
cases of fever at Key West. The total
deaths were 23.
The National Educational Associa-
ton met Tuesday at Chicago. Eigh-
teen thousand people were present.
Logan Z. Bleckly was elected Chief
Justice Of the Supreme Court of Geor-
gia on July II by the Legislature.
The Alexandria and Washington
Railroad has been sold at auction for
$1,000 the purchaser being the Penn
SylFanl2 RAILROAD.
King Kalakaua of the Sandwich
Islands has abdicated and new min
istry has been formed. The revolution
was peacefully accomplished.
In the Parliamentary election at
Coventry Saturday Ballantine, Glad
stonian, was elected by majority Of
16 votes.
The American testimonial was PIE.
sented to Gladstone Saturday Joseph
Pulitzer, OF the New York World,
made the presentation speech.
Mrs. Craig and her neice. Miss Allie
Phillips, were caught midway on u
high trestle near Dalton, Ga, on last
Tuesday morning and killed by train.
Maxwell, the famous st. Louis trunk
murderer, will be hanged July 20, his
appeal to the Supreme Court having
been abandoned.
Reports have been received that a
terrible famine prevails in portions of
Iceland, and that many peasants and
thousands of cattle have died from the
want of food. The distress of the peo-
pie is said to be increasing.
The Georgia State road lessees,
through President Brown, have made
demand Oh the Legislature of Geor-
gia for pay for betterments estimated
at s3,00O, 900. The claim will be con-
tested.
Rev. J. c.. Chalmers, a minister of
/ the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Church, died at Winnsboro July I,
aged 10 years. He had been in feeble
health for more than q year.
A young baseball player in Pennsyl-
vania met with a singular death on
Saturday while playing. He was
which split his windpipe, death re-
sulting soon afterward.
\ gas explosion occurred in Eoffmau's
store in Charleston on last Saturday
night. A sonssof the proprietor of the
store was badly burned and cut by the
pieces of plate glass shattered by the
explosion. The store and contents was
damaged to the extent of 500.
Ex-Lieutenant-Gov J. L. Rob-
inson, of North Carolina, died at his
home in Macon County Tuesday
night, aged 49 years. j. nad also
served as Speaker Of the House Of
Representatives and President Of the
State Senate.
The commissioners of the English
bondl 'lders to adjust the Virginia
debt state that there was no sincere
desire on the part of the Virginia rep
resentatives to arrive at any settle
ment with the bondholders on terms
other than such as the State may die
tate.
Young Eddie Ferguson met with a
horrible death at Pottsville, Pa, on
Tuesday. While crossing the floor of
engine-room at the Otto colliery with
his fathers dinner the charred boards
gave way and the boy was precipitated
into the mine, which had caught fire
the same day. 1t was impossible to
recover his body.
Miss Margaret Elliott, prepossessing
young lady of good family and repute,
living in ockbridge County, Va, shot
David Clark with pistol last Tuesday.
She fired three shots at him, one of the
bullets slightly cutting his neck under
the left ear. Clark is said to have cir
culated slanderous reports affecting
Miss Elliott's character.
Porter Windy, one of the Air Line
train robbers, was convicted in the
Greenville court on Tuesday. Notice
was given of a motion for a new trial.
The cases against Moore, Johnson and
Caldwell have been continued. Jack
Griffin, the horse trainer, who is out
on bail, had not returned from New
York. His bond will likely be estreated.
The total number Of pension certif-
Gates issued during the fiscal year Just
ended was 1890, of which IS, 1874
were original allowances. This is the
largest business ever cleared off the
desks in one year. The average num-
Der of clerks for the year was 1880, or
about 100 less than in the last year of
Mr.. Arthur's Administration. The
amount paid out for pensions during
the year is not yet fully ascertained,
but will probably exceed $4,000, 600.
The United States adds about $780,
100000 to its wealth yearly. In the last
six months it has spent S94,0O0,0OO on
railroads and $l50,00O, 900 on buildings
in its big cities, and companies organ
lied in the South alone call for Sl61,-
100000. Taking the country together,
this year it will salt down in invest
ments, whose return cannot be imme-
diate, considerably more than its sav-
ings.
1t is reported from Idaho that a
number of the Chinese mining camps
along Snake River have been raided
either by the Indians or the whites.
Numerous nlutilated bodies of China
men have come down the stream, four
or five being found together few
days since. 1t is thought to be the
work Of white men, who robbed the
Chinese Of their gold dust, and it is
said the Chinese minister at Washing
ton has been informed of the outrage.
The issue of the first 100000 600
marks of the new imperial loan in
Germany has been subscribed for seven
times over. The bulk of those desir-
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